LIMA REFINERY BOOSTS NEW PARENT'S BOTTOM LINE

Canada s Husky Energy Inc. has posted a 12.8 percent increase in third-quarter profit on income from its newly acquired refi nery in Lima, Ohio, above. The company said yesterday that earnings for the quarter were $789 million. Husky bought the Lima facility in July from Valero Inc. for about $1.9 billion to help process oil from Alberta s oil sands.